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  • Title: [Surgical therapy of bronchial carcinoma in old age].
    Author: Fleischer B, Borm D.
    Journal: Chirurg; 1982 Oct; 53(10):646-8. PubMed ID: 7151511.
    Abstract:
    Between 1972 and 1981 436 patients with lung cancer underwent thoracotomy. 84 (19.2%) patients were aged 70 or more. 58.3% of this age group were in the tumor stage pT1-T2N0M0. In 82.1% a lobectomy was favored. The postoperative lethality among these 84 elderly patients was 19% caused by cardial insufficiency (68.8%) or postoperative pneumonia (25%). As a result of the high postoperative lethality in the elderly patient limited lung resection may be applied more often.
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